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Sustainability matters : Asia's green challenges /
Sustainability Matters is a compilation of some of the best research papers by students from the National University of Singapore's inter-disciplinary graduate programme in environmental studies, the MSc in Environmental Management [MEM]. This collection is for the period 2009/10 to 2011/12. As...
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New Jersey :
World Scientific,
2013.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Ch. 1. Development of urban traffic pollution control strategies in Asian cities: A case study from Chennai, India / Ashwinkumar Dakshinamurthi and Rajasekhar Balasubramanian -- ch. 2. Assessment and abatement measures for vehicular air pollution in Colombo, Sri Lanka / Chamila Weerathunghe and Rajshekar Balasubramanian -- ch. 3. Recycling in Singapore the Singapore model: Strategies and ways to improve / Tan Puay Cheow and Lye Lin Heng -- ch. 4. Municipal solid waste management in Southeast Asian cities: The next steps / Boey Yinyin Edris and Rick Reidinger -- ch. 5. Lessons for integrated district-level food waste recycling programs: A review of eight international cases / Amireeta Rawlani and Kua Harn Wei -- ch. 6. Singapore's municipal solid waste management: A sustainable model / Wendy Wong Shih Ling and Rick Reidinger -- ch. 7. Utilization of landfill gas as a renewable source of energy in India / Subhashini Kashinath and Zhou Zhi George -- ch. 8. The potential role of water hyacinth in wastewater treatment in Nepal / Ram Bahadur Singh Maharjan and Chou Loke Ming -- ch. 9. Assessing skywalk systems as a response to high density living in Hong Kong / Patricia Woo and Malone-Lee Lai Choo -- ch. 10. The management of visitor pressure on coastal parks of Singapore / Karen Lim Hui Khian and Chou Loke Ming -- ch. 11. Sustainability in Singapore: An ecological footprint perspective / Xin Jing Jing and Victor R. Savage -- ch. 12. Seagrasses in Singapore: Current status and long-term management plans / Michelle Chng Wei Ping and Chou Loke Ming -- ch. 13. The Singapore's bus system: An analysis of commuters' satisfaction and potential improvements / Jan Martin Hecker and Lee Der Horng -- ch. 14. Empowering the bottom of the pyramid: Government, business, and solar power in India / Carrie Wallace Candeto and Audrey Chia -- ch. 15. Charting a greener course in Shipping: Incorporating environmental performance indicators in a tanker pool system / Jean Chia E Ming and Audrey Chia -- ch. 16. Environmental practices of Indian business process outsourcing: A study of two companies / Sweta Sorab and Mark Goh. | |
| 520 | |a Sustainability Matters is a compilation of some of the best research papers by students from the National University of Singapore's inter-disciplinary graduate programme in environmental studies, the MSc in Environmental Management [MEM]. This collection is for the period 2009/10 to 2011/12. As the period covers 3 academic years, the papers have been split into two volumes: Sustainability Matters: Asia's Green Challenges, and Sustainability Matters: Asia's Energy Concerns, Green Policies and Environmental Advocacy. These two volumes are the third and fourth compilation by the programme, and respectively comprise of sixteen and fourteen of the best research papers completed during this period. The papers have been edited for brevity. These papers analyze the many challenges to effective environmental management in the context of different countries including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Nepal, Singapore, and Thailand, and propose insightful solutions. The first compilation, Sustainability Matters: Environmental Management in Asia, was published in 2010 (World Scientific) and comprised the best papers from 2001/2 to 2006/7. The second, Sustainability Matters: Challenges and Opportunities in Environmental Management in Asia was published in 2011 (Pearson), and comprised the best papers from 2007/8 to 2008/09. | ||
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